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Toss Mumbai Indians chose to field v Deccan Chargers
Harbhajan Singh asked Deccan Chargers to bat on a grassy Wankhede pitch with some dampness. Kumar Sangakkara, the Chargers captain, opted to sit out with Cameron White leading the side in his place. Sangakkara has struggled this season, having made just 83 runs in five games at a strike-rate of 95.40.
Daniel Christian and Dale Steyn returned in the place of Sangakkara and Rusty Theron. Mumbai Indians brought back Richard Levi and James Franklin for Aiden Blizzard and Kieron Pollard, who had injured his shoulder in the field against Delhi Daredevils.
Munaf Patel also returned for the home side, while Chargers played Bharat Chipli and Veer Pratap Singh over Ankit Sharma and Manpreet Gony.
Mumbai Indians: Richard Levi, Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Ambati Rayudu, James Franklin, Robin Peterson, Harbhajan Singh (capt), Lasith Malinga, RP Singh, Munaf Patel
Deccan Chargers: Parthiv Patel (wk), Shikhar Dhawan, Cameron White (capt), Daniel Christian, JP Duminy, Ishank Jaggi, Bharat Chipli, Ashish Reddy, Amit Mishra, Dale Steyn, Veer Pratap Singh
Harbhajan Singh asked Deccan Chargers to bat on a grassy Wankhede pitch with some dampness. Kumar Sangakkara, the Chargers captain, opted to sit out with Cameron White leading the side in his place. Sangakkara has struggled this season, having made just 83 runs in five games at a strike-rate of 95.40.
Daniel Christian and Dale Steyn returned in the place of Sangakkara and Rusty Theron. Mumbai Indians brought back Richard Levi and James Franklin for Aiden Blizzard and Kieron Pollard, who had injured his shoulder in the field against Delhi Daredevils.
Munaf Patel also returned for the home side, while Chargers played Bharat Chipli and Veer Pratap Singh over Ankit Sharma and Manpreet Gony.
Mumbai Indians: Richard Levi, Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Ambati Rayudu, James Franklin, Robin Peterson, Harbhajan Singh (capt), Lasith Malinga, RP Singh, Munaf Patel
Deccan Chargers: Parthiv Patel (wk), Shikhar Dhawan, Cameron White (capt), Daniel Christian, JP Duminy, Ishank Jaggi, Bharat Chipli, Ashish Reddy, Amit Mishra, Dale Steyn, Veer Pratap Singh